Queensland Overlanders

G D G D G C There's a trade you all know well G D It's bringing cattle over G C On every track, to the Gulf and back G D G Men know the Queensland drover Em C Pass the billy 'round, me boys G D Don't let the pint pot stand there G C For tonight we'll drink the health G D G D G Of every overlander C There are men from every land G D From Spain and France and Flanders G C We're a well-mixed pack, both white and black G D G Men call the overlanders Em C Pass the billy 'round, me boys G D Don't let the pint pot stand there G C For tonight we'll drink the health G D G D G Of every overlander C I come from the northern plains G D Where the girls and grass are scanty G C Where the creeks run dry or ten foot high G D G And it's either drought or plenty Em C Pass the billy 'round, me boys G D Don't let the pint pot stand there G C For tonight we'll drink the health G D G D G Of every overlander C When we've earned a spree in town G D We live like kings in clover G C And a whole month's check goes down the neck G D G Of many a Queensland drover Em C Pass the billy 'round, me boys G D Don't let the pint pot stand there G C For tonight we'll drink the health G D G D G Of every overlander C As I pass along the road G D The children raise my dander G C Crying, "Mother dear, take in the clothes G D G Here comes an overlander" Em C Pass the billy 'round, me boys G D Don't let the pint pot stand there G C For tonight we'll drink the health G D G Of every overlander